Mountaintop Mining Spreads in Appalachia: 1985-2015

An animation of satellite images from 1985 to 2015 shows how mountaintop removal mining spread across a 12,000-square-mile area of West Virginia and Kentucky. Credit: Christian Thomas/SkyTruth

Satellite images from 1985 to 2015 show how mountaintop removal mining spread across this 12,000-square-mile area of Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia. Credit: Christian Thomas/SkyTruth